It really irritates me how much the press can misinterpret scientific results. This is more a matter of classifying Type 2 as four new subtypes (since Type 1 is an autoimmune disease and "cluster 1" is the only cluster to contain autoimmune markers). If you're really interested in this, go check out the Medscape article about this (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.com%2Fviewarticle%2F893305), which goes into a bit of detail and even calls them out for completely ignoring Type 3c (which though only recently classified, represents roughly 10% of those currently diagnosed as Type 2). There are actually 8+ currently recognized forms if you consolidate them as much as possible: * Type 1, which in turn breaks down into 1b (idiopatiic) and 1a (which has both rapid-onset and slow-onset aka LADA or Type 1.5) * Type 2 * Type 3c (pancreatogenic) * Gestational (both "normal" and autoimmune) * MODY (actually 12 separate genetic disorders) * Neonatal * Mitochondrial (Diabetes and Blindness) * Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes And as others have pointed out, it's been proposed that a form of Alzheimers relating to insulin resistance within the brain be reclassified as "Type 3".

As CrashPlan themselves always like to say in their marketing materials: Snapshots are not backups. They're useful, but fulfill a different purpose from incremental backups ... namely that they allow users to recover old versions of files, even if they have been deleted locally (for any period of time).

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Given that at least 2 of the Seattle-area restaurants were immediately shut down again by the health department for health code violations, this is beyond ingredient suppliers -- they need to hire managers who actually pay attention to what their employees aren't doing (e.g. washing hands, keeping food hot/cold enough, etc).

Any time I've had to accept a severance agreement, part of that agreement included a gag clause (presumably to prevent employees from comparing their benefits). I can't imagine this being any different.

You should be able to find some pretty straightforward documentation on HTTP cookies, flash data storage, HTTP Local Storage, and browser fingerprinting (see https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpanopticlick.eff.org%2F ). The tracking services aren't doing anything fancy -- they're just sharing that identifier behind the scenes. When you visit website1 they assign an id to your browser (via a cookie, or whatever). When you visit website2, it loads a script from website1 that puts your id somewhere into the DOM that website2's scripts can read and website2 assigns that id to your browser as well. Website3 does the same, and so forth. Then, websites 1 through N share the browsing habits of your id amongst themselves and gain some insight into what your browser is doing.

I like to feel reasonably patriotic and quite like fireworks, but my neighbors take things to an extreme and I generally feel the need to stand in my yard with a hose, ready to douse anything burning that falls onto my house/yard/trees.

Something like this happened to me with MCI when I was in college. Not originally from a state with "local toll" charges, I even asked the MCI rep ahead of time to confirm a no-toll number from my ISP's list. A month later, I had about $850 in toll charges and absolutely no way to fight it. Not quite $24k but it was a big dent in my budget. Let's just say I wasn't sad when I Worldcom got into so much trouble a year or two later.

I wonder how accurate it is in detecting non-adult profiles. In WA, the HOV lane counts total people, with no requirements on age. This means that a baby sleeping in a carseat counts as a 2nd occupant. I agree with others -- I'm all for HOV lane enforcement but the false positives around automated detection just sound too sketchy.

It's been a couple of decades but I recall my drivers' ed teacher making it pretty clear that speed of traffic was usually more important than any speed limit signs, going so far as to point out that you could be ticketed for unsafe driving (or impeding traffic) if you were driving the speed limit (e.g. 60mph on the freeway) but the rest of traffic was going 90. Even in that absence, pretty much everywhere in the US drives at least 3-5mph above the speed limit, even in the slow lane (that theoretical/alleged margin of error for radar guns, even though police are all using super accurate laser-based systems now).

Get some archival-grade DVD or Blu-ray media and then include one of those little portable DVD players (with a wall plug). Include a few extra pure-digital formats like theora, mp4, etc on separate media, just in case. Put it in a separate airtight container and make sure to include lots of silica gel.

Maybe this is a sign of politicians waking up to tech. Hopefully someone will start to ask these questions about medical devices, too. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Steam engines are all over the place (e.g. in every nuclear power plant). But since you're probably talking about steam locomotives, you're just not hanging out in the right place (or don't have a young child in the house to insist you go to the right place). There are still steam locomotives running all over the world, though I'll admit they're more of the hobby/tourist variety than actual "working" locomotive hauling freight/passengers. I'm partial to http://www.mrsr.com/ and can assure you they make a lot more kinds of sounds than just that chuff-chuff-chuff---wishhhh. There's also not much to compare to the sound of a steam whistle from about 10 feet away, either.

Seriously, have you ever met anyone technical who hasn't downloaded at least one song/movie/whatever?

One would assume that Google has the right to make sure you're complying with their terms of service, and if in that (presumably automated) scan they find illegal activity, is it not their prerogative to report it to the authorities? On the flip side, is this much different from your leaving a stash of cocaine on the back seat when you take your car in for service? Do you expect that the mechanic wouldn't report it to the cops?